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eoncluded that Aaron was at his imaster’s
house the whole of that night ; that he
does not remembder his wlling the sad
Aron he would ask his master (o Int him
g with him to Baistol in any part of the
nbave mentioned time of his hving with
said Tompking, bub well remembers that
the summer before, when he also lived
with anid Tompking, that he asked him
once or twice to let Aaron go with him
to Bristol 5 that he never was in compa
ny with Asron when Mr. Potter, of Bris
wl, was present ; but has bdeen in My,
Potter’s ropewali in Bristol in compan)
with Awron ; netther was he ever ona
whart lin Bristol with Aaren, nor at anmy
tune pointed ot Mre, Potter to said Aa
ron, and he does not recollect that wiven
he was in Mr, Potter’s ropewalk as afore
snid that he told said Aaron whose it was;
und that when they went to Bristol 1o
gether the summer betore the Gaspee
was barnt, they landed on the shore ; that
when Aaron ran away from his said mnas.
ter he stole his small boat, which lay on
the shore, and went away in her ; and
that when the people from Bristol broug b
the stid news of the Gaspee’s being
burnt she was then lying on the shore
with her seams much opened ; that some
tune after this, and before Aaron stole
her, she was repaired ; that he does not
remember that the people from Bristol
mentioned any persons names of being
eoncerncd in destroying said schooner,
and he does not know any of the persons
who burnt said sehooner 5 and this axam
mate farther saith, that the said Aaron
was looked upon by the people where he
worked as a person much addicted to
lying.
SAMUEL FAULKNER
Taken and sworn to at Newport on
the day and year above-mentioned, be
fore
J. WANTON,
FRED SMYTIILE,
ROBTI. AUCIIMUTY
Dains Sessions, E<q, of Providence,
on oath declares and says, that, in the
month of Mareh, A. D 1772, or there
abouts, sundry of the principal habi
tants of the town of Providence made
application to the deponent in writing,
representing that there was and had
been for some time past, a schooner
ernising in the Narraganscit river, that
disturhed all the vessels and boats that
were passing therein, by chasing, firing
at and searching them, and often treat
ing the people aboard of them with the
most abusive language, and that the
commander showed no commission o
support such proceedings ; they there
tore requested me to inform the Govern
or thegeof, that if he knew not who he
was, or il he had not heen acquainted
with s commission and anthority, he
would be pleased to make inquiry there
iy soon after 1 received saud wiiting
hearing that the chiel justice was in lhtul
court house near by, I wrote a line on’
the back of saud paper and sent it to him,
desiiing his opinion on the affuir it was
soon return d with something written un
der mine, to this purpase, viz @ That it
was s opimion that for any person
whatever to come into the colony and in
the bady thereof, to exercise any author
iy by force of arms or otherwise, with
ont showing s commission to the Gov
cinor, and (ifa custom house oflicer)
without being sworn into his office, was
guilty of a trespass, il not piracy. All
which proceedings, to the best of my re
membrance, | afterwards sent to the
Governor. - And to the best of his re
membrance, the aforesaid complamnt was
sizned by the following persons :
Jhn Brown, Ambrose Page,
Noathan Angell, Darius Sessions,
Joseph Nightingale, James Lovell,
Job Swith, Nicholus Brown,
Tomas Greene,
Newronr, June 12th, 1772,
Sworn to before J. WANTON,
Gaovernor.
Q. the Tth of June, the eommissioners
requested the personal attendance of the
Jastices of the Superior Court of the
Caolony
The design of the commission
cra will appear o the ollowing papers :
The honorable the eommissioners,
apported by roval commission, for ex
aminmyg anto the attacking and destroy
g s Majesty’s armed schooner the
Guospee, commanded by Licutenant
Daddingston, and wounding the saia
Licwtenant, having laid before us,
Justices ol the Superior Court of As
aze, &e, within and thronghout the
Colony ol Rhode Island, two exami
nations of Aaron Briggs, two examina
tions of Patriek Earla, the examination
of Peter May, the examination of Wil
ham Dickingon, the depositions of Samuel
Tompking, Samuel Thurston, and of
Somerset and Jack, indented servants,
for our advisement thereon ¢
It appeareth unto us from due con
sideration had thereupon, that wo pay
ticular person or persons are wade men
tion of as being corveerned i that atro
crous crime, except in the examination
of Aaron Brnggs, a negrog and ol Peter
Mav, one of the Gaspee’s people. The
confession of the said Aaron upon hs
fiest exammation was made lin conse
qouenee of illegal threats from Capt
Fandsey of hanging him (the savd Anron)
atthe yard armafl he would not discover
whao the persons were that destroyed the
Gospee and hesides, most of the eir
cunstanecs and facts related o bhoth of
b e xaminati ns ara contradictions re
puanaut to cach wiher, and many of
them ampossible o their nature. It s
evident from the depositions of Tomp-‘
king, Thurston, and Aaron’s two fellow
servants, that e was at home the whole
of that night on which the Gaspee was
nttacked o especially as there was no
boat on that part of the island in which
he eonld possialy pass the bh’ in the
moanner by dom desenbed, In short,
another circumstanes whieh renders the
gl Awron’s testimony extremely sus
pretons 15 Capt Lindsey's absolutely re
fusing to debiver liom up 1o be examined
by one of the Justiees of the said Supernior
Court when legally demanded,
Peter Mayv, i his depnsitiion, mentions
one person only, by the name of Greene,
whom he says, he ssw belore on bhoard
the Gaspee ; bt the fumily of Gieene
Loang very numeiows i this eolony, and
the sntd Porer mot goomg the Chostian
fame o 1 descoting oo such @ man-
ner as he could be found out, it is im
possible for us to know at present the
person referred to. Upon the whole,
we are all of dpinion that the several
’mlllma and things contained in said
depositions do not indace a probable sus
picion, that persons meuntioned therein,
or either or any of them, are guilty of the
crime aloresaid. It is, however, the
fived dctermination of the Superior
Court to exert every legal effint in de
tecting and bringing te condign punish
ment the persons concerned indestroying
the schooner Gaspee.
And if the honorable commissioners
are of a different sentiment we should be
alad to receive their opinion for our
better information,”’
S HOPKINS, Chicf Justice,
J HELME, ;
M. BOWLER, A]w:ct.!u
J.C. BENNET, Justices.
GrstTLEMEN : We, the commission
ers, appointed by his Majesty for in
quiring into the attacking, plundening
and burning his Majesty’s schooner
called the Gaspee, and wounding the
Liewtenant, late commandant of said
schooner, received your report on the
examinations by us laid before you, In
the conclusion of the same report vou are
pleased to gay, if we ditler from you o
sentiment, you should be glad 1o receive
our opinion for your bette# information
As by our instructions we are required
to lay before the civil magistrates all
such “informations as we shall receive,
and as it is your proper oflice to judge
and act thereupon in such manner as
you conceive most likely to answer the
ends of public justice, therefore we de
cline giving any sentiment or opinion in
the matter, and are, with much respect,
gentlemen,
Your most ohed ent humble servants.
Newront, June 12, 1773,
T'o the Hon. Stephen Hopking, Lisq.,
and the three Assistant Justices,
" Tue Cavore ravens.—This series
of articles, in the London “Punch,” are
hecoming quite popular, and their publi
“cation will no doubt be acceptable to
many of our readers, who have not pre
‘viously perused them. It will be scen
‘they are a scries of “curtain lectures,”
‘which Mr. Caudle submits to, at the
llmnds of his beloved wile.
| Mres. Caudle's Curtain Leetures,
MRCAUDLE HAS LENTFIVE POUNDS TO A FRIEND
. “Yon onght to be very rich Mr. Cau
dle. 1 wonder who'd lend you five
pounds ! But so it is, a wife*may work
and may slave ! Ha, dear ! the many
things that might have been done with
five pounds ! Asil people pick up money
in the strect! But you always were a
fool, Mr. Caudle! DPve wanted a
black satin gown these three years, and
five pounds would have pretty well
bought it. But it’s no matter how Igo
L —not at all, Every body says 1 dont
dress as becomes your wife —and [ know
it 3 but what’s that to you, Caudle ? -
“Nothing. Oh no! you can have feel
ings for every body but those belonging
Jtoyou. I owish people knew you as |
Cdo—that’s all. You like to be called
"liberal—and your family pays for it
| Allthe guls waut bonuets, and when
they’re to get 'em | ean’titell. Hall
five pounds would have bought ’em—but
now they must go without, Of comse
they belong to you ; and any body, but
your own flesh and blood, Mr. Caudle.
. The man called for the water rate,
L today : but 1 should like to know how
i:punplc are to pay taxes who throw away
five pounds to every fellow that asks
Uthem.
- Peihaps you don’t know that Jark,;
this moining, knocked the sauttle-ccek
Ahrongh the bed-room window, | wns'
‘going to send for a glazier to mend it
but afier you leat the tive pounds | was/
sure we could’nt afford it. Ol no ! the
window must go as itis; and pretty
weather for a dear ehald to sleep with a
broken window, He's got a cold already
on s lungs, and 1 should’ut at all won
“der if that broken window setiled him—
if the dear boy dies, his death will be
upon his (ather’s head ; for I am sure we
jcan’t now pay to mend windows, We
‘might though, and do a great many other
things, il people dida’t throw away their
five pounds,
! Next Tuesday, the fire insurance is
(due. 1 should hike to know how it is to
(be paid. Why. u can’t be pad at all.
The five pounds would just have done
M=—and now, nsurance i 3 out of the
question. And there never was somany
fires as there are vnow. 1 shall never
Cclose my eyes all night—but what's that
to you, so peaple call you hiberal, Mr.
| Candle 7 Your wile and childien barnt
“alive in thew beds—as all of us to a cer-
Awinty shall be, for the insurance must
drop. And aficr welve msured for so
many years ! But how, 1 should Tike to]
kunow, are people to insure who make
docks and drakes of thew five pounds :
1 did think we might go to Margate |
this summer, There’s poor little Caro
line, Pm sure she wants the sea, But
no, dear ereature ! she must stay at
home=-she’ll gointo consumption, there’s |
"nu doubt of that ; yes —dear hittle angel
—P’ve made up my mind to lose her,
wow. The ehild ight have bocn saved;
but people can’t save thewr cluldren and |
throw away their five pounds too,
1 wonder where poor hittle Cheruly is!
While you were lending that five pound<|
the dog ran out of the shop. You know
I never let it go into the street, for fear
it should be bu by some mad dog, and
come home and bite all the children.
It wouldu't now at all astomsh me 1f the
animal was to come back with the hy
]clmphulniu, and give it 1o all the faonly
However, what's yaur fanuly ta you, so
vou ean play the hberal eicature with
Hive pounds ¢
L Do you hear the shutter, hiow its bang
g (o and fro 7 Yes <1 know what o
Wt we well as you, it wants a new
Hastening. 1 wak going to send for the
[lacksmhy today, But now it's put of
‘“lu- question 3 now if must bang of nights,
aner yon have theawn away five pounds
Wl things have come toa pretty
pives b Phos as the st vight | oeves
"mulo vy snpper ol roast heo! withom
pnklee Bat who sto wllind mckis,
HERALD OF THE TIMES.
when folks are always lending five
pounds, ‘
Ah ! there's the soot falling down the
chimney. 11 hate the smell of any
thing, 's the smell of sout. And you
know it 5 but what are my feelings to
you 2 Sweep the chinney ! Yes, it's
all very fine to say sweepthe chimney—
but how are chimneys to be swept—how
are they to be paid for by people who
don’t tuke care of their five pounds ?
Do you hear the mice running about
the room ? 1 hear them. 1t they were
only todrag you out of bed, it would be
no matter. Set a trap for ’em —Bw
how are people to afford the cheese when
every day they lose five pounds ?
Haik ! I'm sure there’s a noise down
stairs. It wouldo’t at all surprise me il
there were thieves in the house. Well,
it may be the cat, but thieves are sure
to come in some night. There’s a wretch
ed fastening to the back door ; but these
are not times to aflurd bolts and bars,
when fouls won't take care of heir five
pounds,
Mary Ann ought to have gone to the
deotist to-morrow, She wants three
teeth taken out. Now it can’t be done.
Thiee teeth that quite disfigures the
child’s mouth, But there they must stop,
and spoil the aweetest face that ever wirg
made. Otherwise she’d been a wile for
a lord. Now, when she grows up,
who'll have her 2 Nobody. We shall
die and leave her alone and unprotected
in the world. DBut what do you care for
that 2 Nothing ; so you can squander
away five pounds.
And now, see, Mr. Caudle, what a
misery vou've brought upon your wretch
ed family ! I can't have a satin gown
—the girls can’t have new bonnets —the
'water rate must stand over—Jack must
get his death through a broken winduu‘
l-—-mu‘ fire insurance can't be paid, so we
shall all fall vietims to the devouring
element—we can’t go to Margate, and
Caroline will go to an early grave—the
dog will come home mad and bite us—the
shutter will go banging forever—the
soot will always full—the mice will nev
er let us have a wink of sleep—thieves
will be always breaking into the house
and our dear Mary Ann be forever lefl}
an unprotected maid —and all, all Mr
Caudle, because you will go on lending
five pounds !"==Punch.
Steam Boar rrom N, York 1o Fau
Rivin.—We see by the proceedings in
the New York Legislature, that a bill
has passed to. a thied reading in the
'Sennte to amend the present charter of
‘the Long Istand Rail Road Co, authors
ing saud Company to connect their hine
'with Fall River by steamboate. This,
A connection with the Fall River Rail
'Road, which will be completed ina very
tew weeks, will make the shortest, most
direct and altogether the pleasantest
route from New York to Boston.
- T'he Rail Road, for several miles lrmnl
s place, furnishes o fine view nl’llw‘
Taunton River & the numerous villages)
situated upon its banks—and when the!
'Rail Road from Myrick’s through Mid
(dleboro’ 1s made, which, we learn, will
'{he in the course of the ensuing year, it
‘will open new facilitics for busine se, not
‘only to this place, and the cities at each
lend of the route, but to the enterprising
'citizens in the Hourishing villages and
Ctowns throngh which it will pass, We
‘!uuderslund that the cars will commence
running on the Rail Road fiom this
'h;lnce, as early as the first of June next,
'!und not improbably, at an earlier period
‘Our cimizens will then be able to pass
from this place to Boston in about twe
‘hours, have five or six hours to transac
(their business, or to make a social visit
Cand return in season for supper. And
‘when the Steam Boats from New York
commence their trips to this place, the
facthities for doing business in that ity
‘will be greatly increased.—Fall River
‘ Mon., |
- Covrrier with a 4 Winare—A Ma-
Kittep —MWe learn by Charles A
Cook, of the packet David Crockett,
that Seth S, Snow was killed iastantly
by a whale, off Race Point, Province
town, last Tuesday, in the following
Cmanner 2 As soon as the whale was
Cdiscovered, two boats, one containing
five and the other four persons, made in
:pursuit, and each bout succeeded in
fastening their irons, when the whale
Aturned upon them, and coming upon one
Choat, head foremost, utterly demolished
[it, Killing instantly Mr. Snow, leaving
lthe others afloat in the water. The
Tother boat gevered their line, and sue
Cceeded inrescuing the drowning persons,
when the whale made for them also, but
| by hard pulling they reached the shore
i safety, the whale following elose in
Aheir wake, as far as the depth of water
Cwould permit. This s said to be the
first instance in which a whale has at
(tacked a boat in this manner upon ow
'shores, Cowrier.
~ Handsomely BDone.— A letter [rom
Lexington, Ky, to a gentleman in this
place, speaking of Mr. Clay says: -
e (Mr. Clay) has been largely iu
debt, but within the last week lus entire
indebtedness, “amounting to near 830,
000) was cancelled; and his notes deliv
ered to lim from Bank ! The great man
was deeply affected and asked who had
dome thas thing. “We know not,” was
the reply “the money was deposited 1o
vonr creditand your notes are eancelled
It need not concern you who did it 0
was not your enemies.'— Someorville Re
porler,
L As this matter has been made the sab
jeet of anvidions comment o journal
hostile to Mre. Clay, we shall not violat:
any confidence by stating the faets mors
clearly, The trwth is this: Mr. Clay.
who has not fur many years, incurred o
owed o debt on higs own account, had in
volved himsell by endorsing for a rola
tive who became deeply embarniassed
and fmled. The debts came npon My
Clay to such an extent that his property
must have been swept away to pay them
The vircamstances came to the knowl
edge of some ol Mr. Clav's politicn!
Hrends and adwirers (few of whom knews
Jim personally ) and they quietly sul,
wenihed the sum necessary to selieve hin
from cmbarvassment The fest ntima
kmm he had of ot was by the retarm of
cancelled notes, = 75 thune,
Mr Hunter's Letter,
From the Providence Journal
Some days ago we copied from the
New York Commercial Advertiser an
article upon the difficulties between our
government and that of Brazil, in the
course of which charges were made a
gainst Mr. [unter, our late Minister at
Brazil, of having connived at the sale of
American vessels for slavers, We sent
to Mr. Hunter a copy of the paper and
directed his attention to the charge.
‘We have received the following reply,
in which it will be seen that Mr. Hun
ter most explicitly denies the accusation.
To U. B. Anthony, Esq., ‘
Editor of the Prov. Jour, l
Wasiuiscron, 2d May, 1845,
~ Sin =1 regret that an incident re
tarded the earliest reception of your let
ter of the 241 h ult, and its accompanying
Providence Daily Journal. ‘That paper
contains the reprint of an article of the
New York Commercial Advertiser,
which refers to me as the late Minister
of the United States at Rio de Janeiro,
as opposing measures adopted by the
then American Consul to stop the sale
of American vessels to slave traders to
be delivered in Africa, there to change
the flag and bring slaves to Brazil.
~ The article further states that some
correspondence on this subject took place
hetween Mr. Slacum (the Consul) and
Mr. Hunter, and that both wrote to our
government, by whom Mr. Slacum was
supported, but eo feebly that he could
ounly make his intention evident.
After reciting several cases of other
slave vessels the article of the New
York Journal goes on to state that Mr.
Slacum continued to send to the United
States the information he obtained and
to do what he could against the trade,
Mr. Hunter appeared to do what he
could to thwart Mr. Slacum, until he
was removed. Now all these accusa
tions, assertions and sinuations,if found
ed on fact, can be easily proved by a
reference to that ample, detailed and
most authoritative of all evidence, the
documents and records of the Depart
ment of State of the United States. All
oflicial correspondence between the
Consul and Minister, must there appear.
Now, | assure you, Sir, and the good
estizens of the United States, that there
is not a syllable on the records of that
Department affording the least sugges
tion or sumise of any of the assertions
of the correspondent of the New York
Journal. i
This being so, | was advised upon llw’
communication of your letter and its ac
companiment to those here who ur(!(
hound to know all that relates to such|
subjects, in disregard ol your frieudly’
invitation, not to move in this matter, to|
disdain a reply 10 baseless and malicious|
accusations, and to let the calumay per-\
sl by 43 infamy and its impotence. DBut
| feel an instinctive and invincible repug
nance to be subjected for a moment lo]
an imputation so odious as that implicd’
by the New York publication. It would
especially distress me il any citizen of
Rhode Island, the State in which I was
born, and of which I remain a citizen,
should be led to suppose that in the full
light of the moral progress and philun-l
thropy of this century, my understanding
i 8 of that benighted and retrograde order,
and my heart so atrociously eruel as to:
he indilferent to the abominations of the
Jave trade, In fear, therefore, that my|
silence might be misinterpreted by those
whose good opinion 1 most value, I une
quivocally declare, Sir, to you, that Mr.
Slacum has never held any oflicial or
other correspondence with me in regard
to the slave trade, nor had with me any
official conference upon that subject, '
I further declare that there has not
heen at any time any correspondence
hetween the Government of the United
States and mysell on the subject of the
<lave trade in any connection with, or
m opposition or reference to Mr. Sla
cum’s opinions or proceedings.
I declare that 1 have never thwarted
or interfered with Mr. Slacum in any
way in the matter of the slave trade, that
his correspondence with the Government
on this subject, without any impropriety
on his part or mine, was not disclosed to
me and was entirely unknown by me,
I deny that in any instance has Mr.
Slacum received any support, however
strong or feeble, from the Government of
the United States, that implied the most
distant or indirect censure of my ofticial
course or conduct,
Fortunately for me, that conduct has
been approved by all the different ad
ministrations of the last ten or eleven
vears, but most by the last. Mr. Tyler
chose to decorate, belore he immolated
his victim,
With great respect, your obedient,
farthful servant,
WILLIAM HUNTER.
Svow.—<The Portland Advertiser of,
Friday morning, says: We learn by
passengers i the Charter Ouk, which
left Bangor, Thursday morning, that
they hind a severe snow storm coming |
down the river, and that several inches
of snow had fallen before they leht llm|
Penobscot, |
In aletter from Laneaster, N. Il a
gentleman says, “I travelled yesterday,
May Ist, five miles through the Franeco
nia Notehy inoa sleigh.”
In Salem there was a very slight snow
«quall on Tharsday forenoon,; and a con
sidernble frost on Thursday and Friday
mghts<ice forming lin some situations to
the thickness ol window glass.,
i Cavrvion—Bewave of Friction Match
s DA Toend informs usg that one day
Hast week, a dwelling house in this cny
Leame near being burot, by some friction
Cvatehies, which the ehildren had got ac
ces< o, the ahgence ol the parents <
| I'he fire had made some progress, hefore
At was discovered. Such dangerous ar
ncles should be kept in a sale place, 1o
prevent accidents. Tt s beheved that
many of the recent fires in our eountry
have been accastoncd by these danger
WS,
|—
Arvival of the Hibernia.
FOURTEEN DAYS LATER FROM ENG
LLAND.
The Royal mail steamship Hibernia,
Capt. Ryrie, was telegraphed on Tues
day morning at 20 minutes before 5 o’-
clock, being then 35 miles distant, and
arrived ot the wharf at East Boston at a
quarter belore 8.
She left Liverpool on the 19ih ult., ar
rived at Halifax on the 4th inst., and
lelt in the alternoon of the same date,
having thus made the passage to Boston
in sixteen days and a half. She brought
117 passengers to Halifax, left 22 there,
and took on board 6 additional, making
101 to Boston.
Mr. Waters, U. S. Consul at Zanzi
bar, has returned by the Overland route
from the Fast,
I The Hibernia had a very rough pas
sage, (says the Boston Daily Advertiser)
’nl'ler a lew days of fine weather,in which
'ulne had made more progress than ever
before in the same time. She was met
!by a heavy gale from the west, which
lasted for scveral days, obstructing her
passnge and covering her decks with
waler. After this gale had subsided,
and the waters had become nearly quict
ed, she found herself one morning sur
‘rounded by floating ice, in the midst of
which she was detained for fifiy-seven
hours. The weather fortunately remain
ed calm, or the peril to the ship and
passengers would have been extreme.
The ice was closely packed in fields
about the ship in all directions as far as
the eye could reach. At every revolu
tion of the wheels their ““floats’’ or pad
dles were liable to breakage from the
concussions with the ice, and when the
boat arrived at Halifax, we are told that
she had not a single whole float. A
“Sealer,” from Nova Scotia, who waa‘
found amid the ice, was taken on b(mrd(
as a pilot, and the command of the ves
sel was surrendered to him for a lime.‘
When she was at last extricated, it was
necessary to take a southerly course to
avoid the ice, and after this there were’
frequently many large icebergs at a time
in sight. ‘
Mr. Healy, the artist, our young
countryman, comes out a passenger in
this vessel, Ile is commissioned by
Louis Philippe to take for him the por
traits of Gen. Jackson, John Q. Adams;
Daniel Webster, Henry Clay and some
other distinguished Americans. We un
derstand that he will proceed at once to
the Hermitage, as the precarious health
of Gen. Jackson may render him too un
‘well 1o sit should there be any delay.
~ The steamer Cambria, which left Bos
ton on the Ist of April, arrived at Liver
pool on the morning of the 13th, having
made her voyage from Boston, including
her stop at [lalifax, in a fraction over
11 1-2 days. i
The cotton market had experienced a
slight decline. The news by the Cam
bria put an end to all speculation, but the
trade continued to buy regularly, and
there was a steady demand. The Ku
ropean Times says that matters would
probably remain in that state until it was
known what effect Sir Robert Peel’s
iviews respecting the Oregon question
‘would produce in the United States.
’ The American provision market had
‘improved.
The excitement in England caused by
the news of the T'exan tesolutions, and
the passage in the President’s Inaugural
address relating to Oregon, has in a great
measure subsided, although the Knghsh
press generally continue to condemn in
the most unsparing manner the language
of Mr. Polk, and many of them point to
war as a thing which will be—must be—
unless this government lowers its tone,
The Premier’s proposed grant to the
Roman Catholic College at Maynooth
in Ireland casts the QOregon and the
Texas questions into the shade, and has
caused a great agitation in the public
mind.
The subjeet of the Maynooth gram
was bronght before the House of Com
mons, on the 4th ult., by Sir Robert Peel,
in a speech ol considerable length and
power. e entered fully into the sub
ject, and astonished the great body of
his supporters, by the boldness of his in
novations, and the length to which he
professed his willingness to go in order
to secure the pacification of Ireland, Mr.
Shiel, as the mouth-piece of the Irish
nation, gratefuliy accepted, and warmly
eulogised the Premier’s foresight and hb
erality. In this way the Maynooth grant
was introduced, and the second reading
of the lill was fixed for the 11th ult.,
when the debate commenced in eumcnt.;
It was marked, on the part of some of;
the speakers, by more than usual acri
mony and talent,
Mr. O'Connell is anxious that the in-|
creased grant should pass, and has comel
forward 1o express his hearty approval
of it ;but he has done this in a way lmu'l
calculated to embarrass Peel, not to as
sist. him. He says; in substanee, that
agilation has produced the ministerial
measure, and that agitation will do more
—it will cause Peel to ntroduce a bill
for the Repeal of the Union ! :
‘ The bill will probably pass the House
by a small majority —and will meet with
but little opposition in the house of Peers.
It is expected that Queen Victoria
will make her long contemplated visit to
Ireland in Julv.
Mr. Everett, the Ameriean Minister,
entertained a distinguished party of the
nohility on Thursday. —Lord Brougham
was amongst the number,
France. The Chamber of Peers have
heen occupied with a ll for amending
the administration of the Colonies, n
volving an amclhioration in the condition
of the slaves with a view to the abolition
of sluvery, which was the subject of ad
journed debates 5 the genoral disenssion
lasted fraom the 34 to the Tth ult. The
measure found many opponents,
Marshal Soult has hronght before the
Freneh Chiambers a magmificent projeet
Sar arming the fortifications of Parvis, and
\l'nr enlarging the fortifications of various
places on the coast,
Later from China,
The ship elena, from Canton, at
New Yok, boings adviees from Canton
1o the 27th of Jauary, comprising only
announcements that auother anstalment
of the trihute money had arrived at
Hong Kong, on s way 1o Euogland,
the amount bewg thiee mnthons ol dol
lars ; that the position of a doubtful rock
had been uscertained ; and that the mis
sion work in Chinu was going on pros
perously,
The roek referred to is called the
Pulo Lozins, In fact there are two
Lrockn, one quite small and the other
much larger. They lie on the route
from Siam to Singapore, and they are
now declared to be in Lat. 7 17, 30,
‘North and Lon. 101,59, 45 East from
Greenwich.
The Singapore Free Press of the Tth
Nov. says that Captain Dare, of the
Arun, on his passage (rom China, reports
having very distinetly seen a rock with
breakers on it bearing N. E. by N. dis
tant about three miles, with Pulo Sapato
bearing N. W. by . distant 2 1-2
miles,
evaly of the Tinesw.
NDBWPORT
THURSDAY MORNING, May 15, 1845,
General Assembly—Election Week.
The General Assembly of this State,
adjourned, after a four days’ session in
this place, on Friday night last at half
past 12 o’clock, to meet here again on
the 4th Monday in June. The crowded
state of our columns with advertisements,
prevents us at present [rom giving more
than a very brief summary of their pro
ceedings, which will be found on our
4th page.
~ The Act of Amnesty introduced in the
Senate by Mr. Potter, of Wes'erly, was
referred to a select committee, consist
ing of Lieut. Gov. Diman, of Bristol,
John LI. Weeden, of North Providence,
‘and Joseph Smith, of Warren, with in
structions to report in June.
~ In the House, the several petitions for
the liberation of Thomas W, Dorr, were
referred to a Seleet Committee, consist
ing of Messrs. Goddard, Cranston and
Tourtellot—also to report in June. ‘
The following, which was among the
doings of the Just two days of the wssiun,i
is not included in the summary on the!
4th page. ‘
The Judge of the Common Pleas for
Kent County, and the Sherifl"of Wush—l
ington County, were postponed to June.
The election of Clerk of Common l’leng{
for the County of Providence, was pas
sed for the present,
TUBLIC NOTARIES.
Newport Counly.—FEleazer Trevett,
Christopher 5. Rubbins, Geo. G. King,
Daniel C. Denham, Josinh C. Shaw,
Benjamin ¢ Mumfoird, Laban Borden,
William P. Sands, William Gilpin, Geo.
[. Bailey, Nathaniel Sweet, Williamdd .
Henderson, William C. Turner, Wil
liam A. Burt, William ', Shethicld, Oli
ver Mason, Andrew Cory,
The election of Justices of the Peace,
was postponed until June.
Thomas J. Stead, was elocted Quar
ter-master General of the State, vice
Samuel Ames, resigned.
A bill authorising Collectors of Taxes,
to make their returns in June was pas
sed,
Messrs. Lawton and Cranston were
appointed a connnittee to audit the Gen
eral T'reasurer’s accounts.
An act relating to windmills was re
ported by the committee, and, alter some
debate, recommitted with instructions.
The act relating to bowling alleys and
billiard tables was postponed umil the
next session.
The following are the Standing Com
mittees appointed at this session ;: |
Finance—Messrs. Lawton, J. Y.i
Swith, Hutchins, Sprague, Wilcox. ‘
Judictary—Messrs. Bosworth, Whip
ple, Dixon, Cranston, Patten.
Agricullure—~Messrs. C. Brown,
Stone, Oluey, B. IHairis, Ellis,
Corporations— Messrs. J. 1. Clarke,
A. Peckham, J. T. Rhodes, J Babbitt,
Jr., W.N. Aldrich,
Militia Messrs. Hazard, K. Clarke,
Durfee, llolmes, Tucker,
Education —Messrs. Goddard, Thur
ber, I, Aldrich, Osborn, Tourtellot,
Mccounts —Messrs. Barber, C. Harris,
qullinn, W. Sheldon, Beffum; and Man
chester and Weeden, of the Senate,
~ Convicls —Messre. Waterman, L. B.
Smith, Potter, B Harris, Slocum; Dur
fee and Ballou, of the Senate.
Real Estate —Messrs. Chace, Pollard,
Gotham, Bullock; Davis ; Rhodes and
D. Pearce, of Senate,
The principal debate in the General
Assembly was upon the act of amnesty
itrodueed into the Senate by My, Pot
ter, of Westerly, and upon resolutions
of a «itmtlar tenor mtroduced wto the
House of Representatives by M.
lllrnwn. The subjpeet was reloried 1o
committees, and postponed nll June,
hoth Houses, —in the Senato by 1 ma-
Jorityinthe House by 11, The Senate
committee consists of Lavut, Goy, I
wan, and Senators Smith and Weeden,
e Hlouse eommittee, of Messis, Giod
cdard, Crans<ton and Tomtellon § each
Ceontamming two Law and Order men and
Cone Dorvte. The Law and Ovder men
| gencrndly voted for the postponemen
Calthough some gentlomen, ol e
lweighc end influence, expressed them
'selves for immediate and (avorable »c
-‘tion upon the subject and voted accor.d
lingly.- The speeches of the Dorrie
members in both Houses were very
‘;ldifl'erent from those which we have been
‘accustomed to hear (rom them. Instead
|of denouncing Dorr’s imprisonment &s
'an act of Algerine cruelty, and claiming
‘his liberation on the ground of justice
and right, they asked for it on the ground
of mercy. They admitted the legality
‘of the present constitution and their al
;ll«giunco to it; they endorsed in the
‘ifullesl extent the resolutions passed by
{the convention which nominated their
{prox ; they did not complain 2%5{ lhe
' condition required of Dorr by the Gen
{eral Assembly was unreasonable, They
‘only urged that he would not accept it,
lnnd that as they had been instrumental
in placing him where he is, they were
‘rea(ly to make any sacrifices, to agree
!m any concession in order to effect his
liberation. They said that they would
'have him take the oath if they could ;
that they would take it for him if they
"could. This language is, indeed, very
|different from that which the same men
‘;lmvo employed for the last three years.
'We have no disposition to cavil at it, or
to charge them with inconsistency ; but
rather are gratified to see them acknowl
edge the monstrous errors in which they
have hitherto persisted. However little
credit we may give to the resolutions of
political conventions, passed on the eve
of an election, and in a desperate strug
gle for power, when members of the
General Assembly make such renuncia
tions, we are anxious to believe them.
iHad such declarations been made a
year ago, Dorr would have been par
doned. Had they been made in January,
he would probably have been released
without even the slight and reasonable
condition which was required by the
General Assembly. Had they been
made atan earlier day during the recent
session, they would have produced a
greater effect upon some members of
the General Assembly. They will pro
duce an effoct in June, provided the
Dorrites act upon the spirit of them,
and show by their conduct the sincerity
of their professions. If they are dis
posed to return to their allegiance, and
to conduct themselves as good citizens,
they will find no vindictive feeling
among the friends of Law and Order.—
But if, on the other hand, they cow
mence the agitation of the question of
liberation, if they call mnss meetings
and attempt to convene an extra session
of the General Assembly, as has heen
threatened—and more especially if they
countenance, in the slightest degree,
foreign interference, they will certainly
defeat the object for which they ae~
laboring. Whatever the Generai As
sembly may be disposed to concede to
such declarations as were made last
I'riday, and to such conduct as shows
a disposition to abide by them, it will
vield vothing to intimidation. | Pyev.
Jowrnal. 5
Election day was one of the pleasantest wo
have had since the opening of Spring, and
the ecrowd of people, of all eorts and grades,
was much larger here than neual, The elec
;tinn of a new Governor, and a friend too to
the liberation of the “persecuted” Dorr, was
the principal cause no donbt of so large a
number’s congregating im Newport sy this
election, as many of them supposed he was
to be unconditionally liberated by the Gov.
crnor himself, \We are not aware that any
lncln ol a very serious nature were commitied
!hy any portion of the multitude, whicl lwfo
assembled, but we have heard it remarked
;lay many who had ample opportunitive ef
knowing the fact, that there has not been go
lmuch tcting and confusion in our streets—
!vup('cmlly the evening and night psevious to
(he election—nud so many persons rechng
from intexication upon the pavement and
'mdcwolkn, for yeurs before,as at this time.
‘Whether they were all the avowed friends
of his incarcerated “Excellency” and came
ifrom abroad, we know not, but should be in
chned to believe, from what we learn, that
;aome of the disturbance, at least, was cansed
by thoge who belong and reside in our midst,
!tu their khame be it spoken. In addition to
‘these annoyances, a scene was exhibited on
the Long wharf on Election day, more dis
‘gracclul inits character, il possible, than any
which was permitted to pass unpunished.—
T hree or four “roulette tables,” or “wheels
of furtune” so called, were spread out there to
entice the unwary boys and lads, and cheat
them out of their money,—and notwithstand
ing the very wholesome laws we have to sup
press gambling, these infamous machines, we
understand, were kept in full operstion, un.
molested and uncomplamed of during 1,0
day. Our police may be justly censured v,
be sure for not performing their duty, but
their well known incfliciency was perhape
their best excuse for not interfering,
I'here are many, we know, well disposed
Dorrites, who would not affprove or countes
nance such gross immorality and open viola-
Nions of law, but they cannot be insensible 1o
!lhc truth, that it is the alarmingly lax and ir
roverent #pirit with which all laws and salu
lary restrictions are regarded, (the very es
sence of Dorrism,) which produces these re
sults.
Hor.<The Boston Jonrnal says that the
thermometer stood at 93 1.9 at one o'clogk
on Monday, i the shade.
In Providence at 3 p. m. the thermomater
stood at 0.
The great match race botween “Fashion'
and “Poytona,” wok place vn the Uniug
Conrsey Long Bland, on Tuesday a 1 ) P
Atdpome at was reported i the ity thay
SHashion™ won the first heat im 7 minutes and
B 2 weeonds The purse contended fur wug
20,000,
The Scarvlet Ferer has prevailegd 1o
some extent i New Bediord duning the
Inst few werks, ehi fly apong ;ludren.
We have been mtormed that on one
day, bast week, no Joss than hruoly]firc
bodies were watting interment in ditler
et paits of the town ! But we believe
the siekness has greatly subsided . and
it at present the usual state of hoalih
prevals, Bl